Recently, many readers have called or emailed me, asking me to tell them more about what the class on medical intuition at the Monroe Institute is all about. This rainy summer day in Maine seems to be a good time to make that attempt. (What I say today is always subject to change!)

A few weeks ago Larry Burk, MD and I facilitated our second medical intuition retreat at Monroe. As with many retreats of this nature, whatever takes place seldom occurs during the actual event. Rather the effects of the seminar, and personal change, will unfold gradually, spilling out into one’s awareness at later dates.

It is my opinion that any time we remove ourselves from our fast-paced lives, taking time to slow down, we begin to discover our true nature. I know this is true for me. As much as I love our home in the woods, complete with gardens, greenhouse, dogs, cats and chickens, when I leave for a “break” I return refreshed.

Time at the Monroe Institute is like that. Even though facilitators no longer require that you relinquish your watch upon arrival, I have noticed that, for the most part, participants automatically put their watches, cell phones, and computers away. Whatever is going on in the outside world can wait while they explore their inner world.

Larry and I designed the program on medical intuition in such a way that it explores not only our physical body, but subtle energy and our connection to all things. How is it that we can feel, or sense the physical or emotional pain of another? Is it simply because when we enter into a deeply relaxed state, the physical world falls away, our senses are heightened, and we are able to focus on (and sense) subtle energy?

For the purpose of this post, I am going to distinguish between traditional medicine and intuitive diagnosis. (Remember there are no absolutes, so there cannot be only tradition medicine just as there can’t be only intuitive medicine.)

Traditional medicine usually relies on the faculties of physical observation, thinking, and lab reports, focusing the mind on only one thing at a time, or one area of the body (specialization) for determining why there is illness or disease.

By comparison, intuition puts the whole picture together in order for us to know how a specific symptom fits the whole. By sensing the pattern, or whole within a person, disparate phenomena (environment, our big toe, lost loves, our dog, vitamins, everything) give us a holistic understanding of what is happening. From this state the legendary aha moment arises, and everything seems to fall into place. In that state of awareness we feel a sense of truth and completion.

Medical intuition is not just about disease or illness, but it is about discovering our true, spiritual nature. It is about listening, and tuning up our senses, not medicating symptoms away. By using intuition to see the complete pattern within a person or situation, sensing the whole or essence in others, we are helped to understand our own innate individuality and paradoxically, our connection to everything. This helps us to become who we really are, and who we are is a spiritual being. Intuition and imagination help us touch the Divine.

During the program by stretching your belief systems we attempt to help you suspend your disbelief, so that you reach a state of knowing.

Our next weekend program will be November 6-8. In 2016 our Medical Intuition program will run six days. (May and November). I hope you will consider joining us.

Steve Ross, (one of my favorite (far from average) yoga teachers, and a former Vedic Monk) says,” Life is a purposeless energy, going nowhere…it is a play…consciousness is doing its thing in all of these many forms in one intelligent, vast, indescribable reality. We are separate from our true nature because of our negative thoughts, presumptions, emotions and conclusions that block our experiences.”

Being a former music major, and using music in my work with clients and groups, I love how Steve incorporates music (and humor) into his teaching. It isn’t about holding the perfect pose, keeping a serious face, or toning our thighs (although toning definitely takes place). It’s about finding our True Nature...that part of ourselves we discover when we are able to drop back from the stresses of modern day life.

Lately I’ve been thinking (a lot) about our True Nature. Dropping back from everyday stress is easier said than done because everything seems stressful. Just driving to the corner can create stress. The more stressful, or crazy something is, the more I wonder about it’s deeper meaning. Why can’t I just ignore the person who pulled out in front of me (causing me to wear my brakes down), or the one who is tailgating two feet off my bumper? I’m certain that most drivers are clueless about their bad driving habits, so why get upset?

If there is one thing I am certain of, it is not about “the other person.” It is about my perception, and my reaction to the events unfolding.

I am of the opinion that nothing is inconsequential, that each event in our lives contain mysterious messages from A Hidden Order,andthe universe pivots on every encounter that we have with another being. Perhaps that person who pulled out in front of me made me slow down for a reason that I couldn’t see. (It’s happened before.) When I think in this manner, reality becomes a vast opportunity for me to experience the interconnectedness of all creation. From this perspective, I realize that every action, every word, and even every thought is integral in the unfolding of creation.

Consider that each breath we take is connected with the breath of the universe. That everything is a reflection of exactly the same thing; consciousness is doing its thing in all of these many forms in one intelligent, vast, indescribable reality.

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Complementary Medicine

Earth, Environment and the Multiverse

Science and Consciousness

. . .There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are torn apart and will suffer greatly.

Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above water.

And I say, "See who is in there with you and celebrate. . ."
"We are the ones we have been waiting for." - Hopi Elder